vaasa

A robot bartender that allows the user to make personalized drinks with the push of a button.

This was a side project collaboration with an industrial design student at SCAD. My role was to create the application that went along with my partner's design and research.

Competition

Monsieur Automated Bartender

Interactive design

Touch screen with options for personalization

Not visually engaging

Cheap materials

Large, bulky design

The Tipsy Robot

Futuristic technology

Attracts tourists

"Perfectly calculated cocktails"

Intended for entertainment rather than dispensing efficiently

Unrealistic for homes and restaurants

Doing it Yourself

Less experience

No interaction

Greater change of mixing too much alcohol

Less expensive

A need for more knowledge

More room for experimenting

Bartenders

Authentic experience

Human interaction and conversation

Variable that they produce a bad drink

Customers must travel to them

Pay for each interaction

Not available 24/7

Users

Sophia, 34

Sophia is a restaurant owner in Chicago, and she is looking for a faster way to make drinks during the day. She wants a self-operated device to match the clean aesthetic of her restaurant.

Cooper, 38

Cooper is a single man living in New York. He has an $830k expendable income per year, and often entertains friends with parties in his apartment. He would like a way to serve drinks without hiring a bartender, or making them himself.

Product Design

Created by Cole Mason

Application Design

The Application

Allows the user to select drinks to make, customize, and track how much they have had. Vaasa allows the user to order an Uber or Lyft through the app to encourage responsible drinking.

Features

List of possible drinks

Option to customize drinks and suggestions for common adjustments

Explanations of different drinks

List of drinks made

Suggested blood alcohol level based on information inserted during onboarding